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William Kelso, the Director of Archaeology at Jamestown Rediscovery, walks past the bones of four of the early leaders of Virginias's Jamestown settlement displayed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC on July 28, 2015. In July 2015, a team of scientists from the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and Jamestown Rediscovery announced the identities of Rev. Robert Hunt, Capt. Gabriel Archer, Sir Ferdinando Wainman and Capt. William West, high-status leaders who helped shape the future of America during the initial phase of the Jamestown colony, which was the first successful British colony that gave rise to modern day America. AFP PHOTO/ YASMINE CANGA- VALLESYASMINE CANGA-VALLES/AFP/Getty Images